[Mono-dev] Debian CI & PPA for Ubuntu/Debian

[Miguel de Icaza]

Yes, the current ones that I have in mind are:

* CentOS
* Debian/Ubuntu
* Fedora
* OpenSUSE

Anything else will have to wait until we have a solid story there.

Miguel


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Johnnie Odom <jodom at escambia.k12.fl.us>
wrote:

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> Presumably that means SuSE as well?
>
>
> This really is excellent news, as Mono is fantastic for cross-platform
> sysadmin scripting and good Linux support is key to tha.
>
> >>> Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com> 06/16/14 9:40 AM >>>
> Hello Chris,
>
> I am not sure that we will cover every possible Linux, but we will try
> to
> cover the major Linux distributions/versions.
>
> So there is still room for other minor versions to keep their own builds
> going.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Chris Tacke <ctacke at opennetcf.com>
> wrote:
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> > Does this mean you ‘ll start looking at hosting official packages for
> > other distros too?  For example, I currently maintain a 586 (not 686)
> build
> > for Wind River Linux.  For a variety of reasons, not having to do that
> > myself sure would be nice.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:
> > mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] *On Behalf Of *Miguel de
> Icaza
> > *Sent:* Monday, June 16, 2014 8:16 AM
> > *To:* Alexander Trauzzi
> > *Cc:* mono-devel
> > *Subject:* Re: [Mono-dev] Debian CI & PPA for Ubuntu/Debian
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Alexander,
> >
> >
> >
> > We are getting our house in order in terms of Linux support.   Jo
> Shields,
> > one of the Mono/Debian maintainers will be joining Xamarin this July
> to
> > work on both keeping our packages up to date on Linux, as well as
> restoring
> > our sanity when it comes to regressions, public CI and other services
> that
> > have languished.
> >
> >
> >
> > We really wish he could start earlier, but he had to wrap up a long
> > commitment with his current employer.
> >
> >
> >
> > That said, we look forward for a bright and lovely future for Mono on
> > Linux again.
> >
> >
> >
> > Miguel
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:07 AM, Alexander Trauzzi
> <atrauzzi at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hello to the Mono devel list!
> >
> >
> >
> > I started a discussion this weekend on ubuntu-devel-discuss to talk
> about
> > Mono on that platform and getting more current versions available. You
> can
> > catch up here:
> >
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2014-June/015005.html
> >
> >
> >
> > As we started to untangle things, it came up that the current CI for
> Mono
> > on Debian is currently not working.  I'm not familiar with building
> Mono or
> > properly packaging software, however I'm wondering if this is
> something
> > Xamarin/Mono could take a look at?
> >
> >
> >
> > I know historically this relationship has been a bit strange, but what
> I'm
> > looking for here as a "user" of Mono is for the two sides to somehow
> come
> > together -- I think there's a decent amount interest in having the
> latest &
> > greatest available on Ubuntu.
> >
> >
> >
> > Failing all that, perhaps at the very least, the discussion here on
> this
> > list could focus on what exactly it would take (from Mono/Xamarin's
> > perspective) to get current versions of Mono flowing on Ubuntu again.
> >  Also, feel free to jump over to the other discussion if it's
> appropriate.
> >
> >
> >
> > Before I finish, a choice tweet from a while back:
> > https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/442491724683018241
> >
> > This might just be me, but ensuring developers on Ubuntu are on the
> same
> > footing as Mac/Windows would definitely go a long way towards that
> hope.
> >
> >
> >
> > All the best!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Alexander Trauzzi
> >
> >   atrauzzi at gmail.com
> >
> >
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